Saunders continued his high-caliber work in dispatching the A's across 6.2 innings, holding them to two earned runs on six hits while striking out three and walking two. A strike-thrower who keeps his defense involved, Saunders also keeps his team in games. The Angels are 7-0 in his starts since he opened the season with a 4-3 loss to Oakland. He has faced Boston once for a no-decision, going 5.2 innings on August 22, 2006, giving up two unearned runs in a game won by the Angels in Anaheim.

The Yankees (Fat Billy) play in Toronto (Josh Towers) tonight.

The MFY trail the Red Sox by 6 games in the East and are only .5 GB Detroit in the wild card hunt (Seattle is 1 GB).

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Lot of people on WEEI killing Francona today. Various complaints. Why Tavarez instead of Gagne? Why Moss instead of Wily Mo in the ninth or Cora? How come he doesn't play small or get these guys to relax when RISP?

The team has the best record in baseball and just because they lose while the MFY's win, the people in Boston seem to panic!

Get a grip people!

Wily Mo passed through waivers, look for a trade within the next week.

Lot of people on WEEI killing Francona today. Various complaints. Why Tavarez instead of Gagne? Why Moss instead of Wily Mo in the ninth or Cora? How come he doesn't play small or get these guys to relax when RISP?

The team has the best record in baseball and just because they lose while the MFY's win, the people in Boston seem to panic!

Not the people. The idiots.

I can see Tito now, yelling at Drew while he's batting: "RELAX!!!"

This is Exhibit A of why never to listen to these dolts. All of a sudden, they love WMP. ???

I want to keep an eye on the Yankee game, but watching Josh Towers pitch to a hot Yankee lineup on Buffyvision is not for the faint-hearted. I think I'll prep by watching one of the Texas Chainsaw or Saw epics.

Kielty: "The Yankees showed quite of bit of interest, but I definitely felt I'd rather play with the Red Sox than the Yankees. Boston was No. 1 from the get-go. ... My dad took me to the playoff series in 1986 when the Red Sox played the Angels. I rooted for the Red Sox."

Yeah i don't get it if there is no direct tv in Canada and he is in Canada Does he actually have a dish?Is it against the law in Canada to have a dish?

Yeah, it doesn't really matter where you are physically...in fact, I have two dish network satellites hooked up ...not going to get into the details of those.

They were trying to make stealing american satellites illegal in canada - which is how we started with directv. But directv phased out the "hacked" cards, and no one has cracked the new cards, so we just decided to get a legit account with my mom's address.

Keep in mind with MLB blackout rules, we're in the Toronto zone so if you don't have EI or MLBTV, you're blacked out from all games except for the select few they decide to show on the two national sports channels here (Sportsnet and TSN)...then of course there's the nationally televised games (FOX sat, ESPN sun nite and playoffs)

Does anyone know how EI determines what feed to give you? Someone above mentioned getting NESN on theirs and I'm suffering through FSN. Gotta get in on this place shifting billing scam, I love it. My boyfriend's parents in Shrewsbury just got a new bill! ;)

Keep in mind with MLB blackout rules, we're in the Toronto zone so if you don't have EI or MLBTV, you're blacked out from all games except for the select few they decide to show on the two national sports channels here

I've got two here. Good ol' 8 and 10...only thing that was ever good about it was watching Bruins games when they played the Habs. Oh, and the Expos when they were around in the golden era (Pedro, Vlad, Grudzie etc)

"Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was hit in the back of his left leg by a fastball from Jays starter Josh Towers in the top of the third inning. Rodriguez took exception to the pitch and started walking towards the mound, which prompted both benches to clear. Eventually, things settled down and Rodriguez took his place at first base. Before play could be resumed, though, Towers and Rodriguez walked towards each other one more time, and again, both benches cleared."

"L-girl said...9Casey, is that the same thing that Jere always talks about, the only county in NE that doesn't get NESN?

It's not even counties anymore , some of Most of New Haven County gets nesn but not Waterbury.....It's friggin mind boggling"

Here's the deal: Look at NESN.com, their FAQ. It's like the first answer. Their territory, as determined by mlb is, and I quote, "all of New England except Fairfield County, Connecticut." (where I lived the first 29 years of my life.)

So, in that county, you're just not getting NESN. In other CT counties, they are in the NESN territory, but not all CT cable companies choose to carry NESN. So those people get the dutch-door action screwjob. They're IN NESN territory, so they're blacked out of ESPN games (as ESPN THINKS, we guess, they must be getting the game.) And they're blacked out by anything else--EI or whatever. So, essentially they can never see the Red Sox.

The thing is, at least they have a chance--if their cable company wises up--like, you can start a petition knowing it might get results. Fairfield, though, is officially out of the territory, so the cable companies will tell you "there's nothing we can do."

And then Remy has the nerve to say "ohh, wow, we're getting people signing up for RemDawg Nation in CT! I thought that was Yankee country." Well, then, give us NESN you idiots!!! God this STILL makes me so mad. (And I live in Boston now!)

"Waterbury is not in Fairfield though, so it is up to the cable company. "

Yeah, that's what I said--9Casey is in that area, while I was in Fairfield, and we're both screwed in different ways.

"You got to remember though that Fairfield county is mostly New Yorkers living in CT. "

Oh, I remember. Like I said, 29 years there. Is it my fault that people who work in New York choose to live IN NEW ENGLAND, HOME OF THE RED SOX? Don't call it New England Sports Network if you're not gonna give it to New Englanders. I'm not asking they add NYC to their region, even though there are LOTS of Sox fans there, but at least give it to New England, or re-name the network.

I just meant, like, when you left, you didn't say, Whew, we don't have to think about the US-led war anymore! You're just as pissed about it. Just like I'm just as pissed about Fairfield County still not being considered New England.

Where were you when Bonds broke the record? I was in the Joy of Sox comments section, and L-Girl chimed in with a simple "756." I flipped over to ESPN and watched the celebration and then, interestingly, started typing this very comment.

Jere said... Where were you when Bonds broke the record? I was in the Joy of Sox comments section, and L-Girl chimed in with a simple "756." I flipped over to ESPN and watched the celebration and then, interestingly, started typing this very comment

The more games, and HRs, the better. Makes it harder for stupid A-Rod to catch him. 800, Barry!

True, but you know you wouldn't bitch if he was wearing red sox. I was just saying, it took him long enough to get there, I wonder how many more he's got in him. Watch him reel off like 40 more this season now that it's out of the way.

Where were you when Bonds broke the record? I was in the Joy of Sox comments section, and L-Girl chimed in with a simple "756." I flipped over to ESPN and watched the celebration and then, interestingly, started typing this very comment

Hey, nice. :)

I can't be the only person here old enough to remember Aaron's...? I was in the basement, by myself, watching on a little portable set, listening to the Rolling Stones.

I remember the two idiots come out on the field to run with Aaron, I remember the songs that some of the pitchers were singing about don't let it be me, and I vividly remember 1978 because the doofus across the hall in the dorm was a huge Yankee fan.

This doesn't feel like 1978 at all. Because there is no Spaceman on this team and no Gerbil.

Under the heading "lousy coaching" can someone tell me why Tavarez is in there AGAIN tonight? We have three excellent relievers and none of them have gotten into either game yet, but Tavarez has pitched twice! Can anyone explain this to me?